CODE: A CHOREOGRAPHED ILLUSTRATION OF RULES, BOUNDARIES, AND SOCIAL GUIDELINES THROUGH DANCE, FILM, AND VISUAL ART

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Code is an exploration of life's boundaries and the laws, guidelines, and
customs that construct these barriers. Governments impose restrictions on the
members of its community; these members then enforce additional limits through
formalities, etiquette, and other social codes. Technology is constantly raising its
own limits; however, technological devices still cannot achieve all that the mind
can fathom. The programming code controlling these devices also presents
boundaries of its own.
A sample of life's rules is illustrated through a formal concert, which
incorporates live dance and prerecorded film components, and through a limited
edition book of artwork related to the components of this concert. Each of six
choreographed works presents one or more of the binding codes that shape our
lives. This written documentation explores how these works function within four
categories of codes: externally enforced boundaries, social structures within
relationships, limits of technology, and the absence of rules.